Severance Trivia
Severance trivia explores the eerie world of the American science fiction psychological thriller series created by Dan Erickson and chiefly directed by Ben Stiller. Starring Adam Scott alongside Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Patricia Arquette, and others, the show became widely noted for its unsettling premise, sharp performances, and distinctive visual style.
Easy Severance Trivia
13 questions
These easy Severance trivia questions are great for beginners and kids around age 12 and under.
Question 1
Which streaming service premiered Severance in 2022?
Answer: Apple TV+
Severance premiered on Apple TV+ in 2022.
Question 2
Who stars as Mark Scout in Severance?
- A.Adam Scott
- B.Ben Stiller
- C.John Turturro
- D.Zach Cherry
Answer: Adam Scott
Adam Scott plays the central character, Mark Scout.
Question 3
What is the name of the company where Severance is set?
- A.Macrodata Industries
- B.Kier Systems
- C.Lumon Industries
- D.Lumen Labs
Answer: Lumon Industries
The series is set at Lumon Industries.
Question 4
At Lumon, which division does Mark Scout work in?
- A.Macrodata Refinement
- B.Human Resources
- C.Optics and Design
- D.Security Operations
Answer: Macrodata Refinement
Mark Scout works in Lumon’s Macrodata Refinement division.
Question 5
What is the procedure at the center of the show called?
- A.severance
- B.partition
- C.division
- D.separation
Answer: severance
The central procedure in the series is called severance.
Question 6
Who plays Harmony Cobel in Severance?
- A.Dichen Lachman
- B.Jen Tullock
- C.Britt Lower
- D.Patricia Arquette
Answer: Patricia Arquette
Patricia Arquette portrays Harmony Cobel.
Question 7
Which actor plays Irving Bailiff?
- A.Christopher Walken
- B.Michael Chernus
- C.Tramell Tillman
- D.John Turturro
Answer: John Turturro
John Turturro plays Irving Bailiff.
Question 8
Who portrays Helly R. on Severance?
- A.Patricia Arquette
- B.Jen Tullock
- C.Dichen Lachman
- D.Britt Lower
Answer: Britt Lower
Britt Lower plays Helly R.
Question 9
Which actor plays Dylan George?
- A.Zach Cherry
- B.Adam Scott
- C.John Turturro
- D.Michael Chernus
Answer: Zach Cherry
Zach Cherry plays Dylan George.
Question 10
Who plays Burt Goodman?
- A.Ben Stiller
- B.Tramell Tillman
- C.Christopher Walken
- D.John Turturro
Answer: Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken plays Burt Goodman.
Question 11
Which actor brings Seth Milchick to life?
- A.Zach Cherry
- B.Adam Scott
- C.Dan Erickson
- D.Tramell Tillman
Answer: Tramell Tillman
Tramell Tillman plays Seth Milchick.
Question 12
Who plays Gemma Scout in the series?
- A.Patricia Arquette
- B.Britt Lower
- C.Jen Tullock
- D.Dichen Lachman
Answer: Dichen Lachman
Dichen Lachman plays Gemma Scout.
Question 13
Which actress plays Devon Scout-Hale?
- A.Britt Lower
- B.Jen Tullock
- C.Dichen Lachman
- D.Patricia Arquette
Answer: Jen Tullock
Jen Tullock plays Devon Scout-Hale.
Severance Family Trivia
12 questions
These family Severance trivia questions are built for mixed-age game nights, classrooms, and groups.
Question 1
What is the name of Mark Scout’s sister in Severance?
Answer: Devon Scout-Hale
Mark’s sister is Devon Scout-Hale.
Question 2
Who is married to Devon Scout-Hale?
- A.Seth Milchick
- B.Doug Graner
- C.Ricken Hale
- D.Burt Goodman
Answer: Ricken Hale
Devon’s husband is Ricken Hale.
Question 3
What is the name of Mark Scout’s late wife?
Answer: Gemma Scout
Mark’s late wife is named Gemma Scout.
Question 4
On the severed floor, who serves as Mark’s workplace supervisor?
Answer: Harmony Cobel
Harmony Cobel is Mark’s supervisor on the severed floor.
Question 5
Outside Lumon, Harmony Cobel uses what alias?
Answer: Mrs. Selvig
Harmony Cobel uses the alias Mrs. Selvig outside Lumon.
Question 6
Helly’s outie goes by what full name?
Answer: Helena Eagan
Helly’s outie is Helena Eagan.
Question 7
Which family founded Lumon Industries?
Answer: The Eagan family
Lumon Industries was founded by the Eagan family.
Question 8
Who is the founder especially revered at Lumon?
Answer: Kier Eagan
Kier Eagan is the founder revered at Lumon.
Question 9
Burt Goodman works in which Lumon department?
Answer: Optics and Design
Burt Goodman works in Lumon’s Optics and Design department.
Question 10
Which employee is part of the Macrodata Refinement team: Dylan George, Doug Graner, or Ricken Hale?
- A.Doug Graner
- B.Ricken Hale
- C.Burt Goodman
- D.Dylan George
Answer: Dylan George
Dylan George is a member of the Macrodata Refinement team.
Question 11
Irving Bailiff develops a bond with which Lumon employee?
Answer: Burt Goodman
Irving develops a bond with Burt Goodman.
Question 12
Who manages severed employees on the Lumon floor?
Answer: Seth Milchick
Seth Milchick manages severed employees on the Lumon floor.
Fun Severance Trivia
13 questions
These fun Severance trivia questions highlight surprising moments and playful facts for game-night groups.
Question 1
Who designed Severance’s wonderfully eerie opening title sequence?
Answer: Oliver Latta designed the opening title sequence.
The opening title sequence was designed by Oliver Latta.
Question 2
Severance’s opening titles didn’t just creep viewers out—they won which Emmy?
Answer: Outstanding Main Title Design.
The title sequence won the Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design.
Question 3
Who composed the unsettling score that helps make Severance feel like office life in a nightmare?
Answer: Theodore Shapiro composed the score.
The series’ unsettling score was composed by Theodore Shapiro.
Question 4
How many Primetime Emmy nominations did Severance receive for its first season?
Answer: It received 14 Primetime Emmy nominations.
Severance earned 14 Primetime Emmy nominations for season one.
Question 5
Which major Emmy category recognized Severance itself, not just its cast and crew?
Answer: Outstanding Drama Series.
The series earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series.
Question 6
Adam Scott picked up an Emmy nomination for Severance in which acting category?
Answer: Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Adam Scott was nominated for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Severance.
Question 7
Patricia Arquette’s Severance performance landed her an Emmy nod in what category?
Answer: Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Patricia Arquette received an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Question 8
John Turturro was Emmy-nominated for Severance as what kind of performer?
Answer: Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
John Turturro received an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Question 9
Tramell Tillman’s memorable Severance work earned him an Emmy nomination in which category?
Answer: Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
Tramell Tillman received an Emmy nomination for Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
Question 10
What is the title of Severance’s first season finale?
Answer: The We We Are.
The first season finale is titled “The We We Are.”.
Question 11
Which director worked on episodes in Severance’s first season?
Answer: Aoife McArdle.
Aoife McArdle directed episodes of the first season.
Question 12
Which Severance episode title sounds the most like a rebellious office recital?
- A.The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design
- B.Defiant Jazz
- C.The We We Are
- D.What’s for Dinner?
Answer: Defiant Jazz.
Season one includes an episode titled “Defiant Jazz.”.
Question 13
If a Severance episode title made you think the break room was turning into a cooking show, which one would it be?
- A.The We We Are
- B.The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design
- C.What’s for Dinner?
- D.Defiant Jazz
Answer: What’s for Dinner?
Season one includes an episode titled “What’s for Dinner?”.
Funny Severance Trivia
13 questions
These funny Severance trivia questions highlight playful moments, odd facts, and inside jokes.
Question 1
At Lumon, what office prize says, "Congratulations, you work in a nightmare," better than a fancy bonus ever could?
- A.company pens
- B.finger traps
- C.coffee gift cards
- D.desk plants
Answer: finger traps
Lumon rewards employees with finger traps is office prizes.
Question 2
What is the name of Lumon’s famously awkward perk that sounds like HR lost a bet with a DJ?
Answer: Music Dance Experience
A famously odd Lumon perk is the Music Dance Experience.
Question 3
Which snack gets treated like a five-star feast on the severed floor, despite being very much still just fruit?
- A.melon bars
- B.pretzel bites
- C.waffle sticks
- D.granola squares
Answer: melon bars
Melon bars are treated is special office rewards in Severance.
Question 4
What handbook keeps popping up at Lumon, proving no dystopia is complete without paperwork?
Answer: Compliance Handbook
The employee handbook often referenced at Lumon is the Compliance Handbook.
Question 5
Ricken wrote a self-help book with a title so earnest it loops back into comedy. What is it called?
Answer: The You You Are
The bizarre self-help book written by Ricken is titled The You You Are.
Question 6
At Devon and Ricken’s home, what is the nickname of the infant who somehow has a calmer life than everyone at Lumon?
Answer: Eleanor
The infant at Devon and Ricken’s home is nicknamed Eleanor.
Question 7
What is the name of the punishment room where an apology has to be repeated until it sounds sincere enough for corporate taste?
- A.Correction Chamber
- B.Reset Office
- C.Break Room
- D.Reflection Suite
Answer: Break Room
A Lumon break-room punishment includes repeating an apology until it sounds sincere.
Question 8
Which character treats Lumon etiquette less like a suggestion and more like a sacred text with hallway manners?
Answer: Irving Bailiff
Irving carefully follows Lumon rules and company etiquette.
Question 9
What elite Lumon reward sounds breakfast-themed right up until it becomes much, much stranger?
Answer: waffle party
Lumon’s waffle party is presented is an elite employee reward.
Question 10
If you wanted to see wax figures of Eagan leaders instead of doing normal office things, which Lumon area would you visit?
Answer: Perpetuity Wing
The perpetuity wing at Lumon displays wax figures of Eagan leaders.
Question 11
What bizarre rumor proves Severance understands that every workplace needs at least one sentence no one can explain with a straight face?
Answer: baby goats
A strange office rumor in Severance involves baby goats.
Question 12
The severed floor is packed with an enormous maze of what kind of nearly identical hallways?
- A.glass corridors
- B.blue hallways
- C.wood-paneled corridors
- D.white hallways
Answer: white hallways
The severed floor includes an enormous maze of nearly identical white hallways.
Question 13
In Macrodata Refinement, the team spends its day sorting what into digital bins, because normal spreadsheets were apparently too understandable?
Answer: numbers
The Macrodata Refinement team sorts numbers into digital bins on computer screens.
Hard Severance Trivia
14 questions
These hard Severance trivia questions are for expert fans who want a real challenge.
Question 1
Before the series ever premiered, in what year was Severance first announced as being in development at Apple?
Answer: 2019
Severance was first announced is in development at Apple in 2019.
Question 2
What is the exact premiere date of Severance season one?
Answer: February 18, 2022
The first season premiered on February 18, 2022.
Question 3
The season-one finale of Severance aired on what date?
Answer: April 8, 2022
The season-one finale aired on April 8, 2022.
Question 4
How many of season one’s nine episodes were directed by Ben Stiller?
- A.3
- B.5
- C.9
- D.6 episodes
Answer: 6 episodes
Ben Stiller directed 6 of the 9 episodes in the first season.
Question 5
Aoife McArdle handled how many first-season episodes of Severance?
- A.2
- B.4
- C.6
- D.3 episodes
Answer: 3 episodes
Aoife McArdle directed the other 3 episodes of the first season.
Question 6
Besides starring in the series, what additional production role does Adam Scott hold on Severance?
Answer: He serves as an executive producer.
Adam Scott also serves is an executive producer on Severance.
Question 7
The pilot script for Severance landed on the Black List in what year?
Answer: 2016
The script for Severance’s pilot appeared on the 2016 Black List.
Question 8
If you’re watching season one in order, which episode title do you reach at episode six?
Answer: Hide and Seek
“Hide and Seek” is the sixth episode of season one.
Question 9
Which season-one episode title belongs in the third slot of the season?
Answer: In Perpetuity
“In Perpetuity” is the third episode of season one.
Question 10
Who portrays Reghabi on Severance?
Answer: Karen Aldridge
Reghabi is played by Karen Aldridge.
Question 11
Natalie is played by which actor?
Answer: Sydney Cole Alexander
Natalie is played by Sydney Cole Alexander.
Question 12
Which actor plays Doug Graner?
Answer: Michael Cumpsty
Doug Graner is played by Michael Cumpsty.
Question 13
Gabby Arteta is portrayed by whom?
Answer: Nora Dale
Gabby Arteta is played by Nora Dale.
Question 14
True or false: Severance was first announced by Apple in development in 2022.?
Answer: False
It was first announced is in development at Apple in 2019, not 2022.
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